Steve Gerber, Sadly

Wow. Steve Gerber has died. He was only 60, but illness doesn't always wait for you to finish what you were saying. And the man had a lot to say. Howard the Duck, Omega the Unknown, Foolkiller, Man-Thing, Son of Satan... His work sent the 1970s spinning into an entirely original - and very strange - direction. The blogosphere is going to be knee deep in homage pieces today, and I'm ill-equipped to say anything better or even new, but I'll say this:

The George Lucas-produced disaster that was the Howard the Duck movie is going to be a sore point for me in the next few days. Already, someone in my home (IN MY HOME!) has grimaced when I mentioned Howard's creator had passed away. Grrr. No worries. I made him connect with my loss by telling him Gerber was also script editor on such animated series as Transformers and G.I. Joe. Ahhh now he gets it.

Personally, my favorite creation of Gerber's is Thundarr the Barbarian. The post-apocalyptic barbarian show with the moon broken in half? Remember that? Man, I used to love that show when I was a kid.

Steve Gerber (1947 - 2008)
Gone too soon, but didn't waste his time while it lasted